Marcel Hirscher rallies to giant slalom win in Aspen

Skiing

Marcel Hirscher of Austria rallied to a giant slalom victory yesterday at the World Cup Finals.

He powered through the shorter-than-usual course in a combined time of 1 minute, 49.79 seconds. First-run leader Felix Neureuther of Germany was second, 0.53 seconds behind. Hirscher already had clinched the season-long giant slalom title along with his sixth straight overall crown.

Mathieu Faivre of France took third.

It was Hirscher's fourth World Cup win in GS this season. He and Alexis Pinturault have won seven of eight GS races this season. Pinturault had a fast second run going before hitting his left hip on the snow and skiing off course.

Hirscher also captured the GS crown at last month's world championships.